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“She’s my great love, and I’m going to lose her, but I’m not losing her forever,” David said.

December 30th was supposed to be the happiest day of David and Heather’s life. Instead of preparing for a wedding at Plantsville Congregational Church, David will be attending his wife’s funeral at the church, at the same time they were set to be married.

David said he’s keeping a piece of his wife’s spirit.

“Heather said, ‘I want to keep fighting,’ so that’s the mantra I’m picking up. She was able to fight til the end, I’m going to fight until my end,” David said.